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　　2014-2015学年河南省濮阳市重点高中统考高二上学期第二次质量检测英语试题
　　英语试卷      2014. 11.9
　　第一卷
　　第二部分：阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）
　　第一节  （共15小题; 每小题2分，满分30分）
　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项 （A 、B 、C  和 D ）中 ，选出最佳选项 ，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　A
　　O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862.  As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the readers' surprise.
　　21. What is the correct order for O. Henry to do the following things?
　　A. lived in New York  B. worked in a bank      C. travelled to Texas
　　D. was put in prison       E. had a newspaper job   F. learned to write stories
　　A. e, c, f, b, d, a            B. c, b, e, d, a, f     
　　C. e, b, d, c, a, f               D. c, e, b, d, f, a
　　22. People enjoyed reading O. Henry's stories because______
　　A.they had surprise beginnings.         B.they were easy to understand.
　　C.they showed his love for the poor.      D.their endings surprised them.
　　23. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?
　　A.He was well-educated.           B.He was not serious about his work.
　　C.He was very good at learning.     D.He was devoted to the poor. 
　　24. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?
　　A.His life inside the prison.         B. The city and people of New York.
　　C. The newspaper articles he wrote.  D.His exciting early life as a boy.
　　B
　　The dodo was a large bird that you might not think was a bird at all, for the dodo could not fly. It was a member of the chicken family. The bird was discovered by European sailors in 1507 on Mauritius Island.
　　When the sailors talt the strange bird that could not fly, you can imagine people found it hard to believe their story. The Europeans who settled on Mauritius Island and the pigs they brought with them found the birds very good to eat. So large numbers of dodoes were killed and by 1681 no living dodoes were found on the island. A few dodoes were brought to England in the 17th century, but for 200 years none have been seen alive. This is the reason for the phrase "as dead as a dodo". Because they died out completely, the dodoes became very well-known.
　　25.What was so unusual about dodoes as a bird?
　　A. They lived longer than other birds.    B. They looked like birds but couldn't fly.
　　C. They were very good to eat.             D. They were all killed.
　　26. Dodoes are no longer seen on Mauritius Island because they ______.
　　A. were killed by pigs B. have all been killed for food
　　C. have been driven away by the settlers     D. were all taken to England
　　27. From the second paragraph, whose story did people find it hard to believe?
　　A. The Europeans'.      B. The sailors'  
　　C. The dodoes'.        D. The settlers'.
　　C
　　Kleptomania is an illness of the mind that gives a person the desire to steal. Such a person is not really a thief. They are sick and cannot help themselves. All small children act naturally and as they grow up they normally learn to control their actions. People with kleptomania for certain medical reasons have failed to develop control over their desire to take things that do not belong to them. With medical help they may become normal citizens again. The things that a kleptomaniac steals are seldom of great value. They often give away what they have stolen or collect objects without using them.[]
　　28. What do you thinld be the topic of the text?
　　A. Young thieves. B. A normal child's actions.
　　C. Reasons for stealing. D. An unusual illness.
　　29. Kleptomaniacs usually steal things that_______.
　　A. are valuable   B. their friends like 
　　C. are unimportant   D. they themselves need
　　30. Which of the following words can best replace(替代) the word desire in the first sentence?
　　A. chance             B. wish C. right                D. power  
　　D
　　Do you always understand the directions on a bottle of medicine? Do you know what is meant by "Take only as directed"? Read the following directions and see if you understand them.
　　"To reduce pain, take two tablets with water, followed by one tablet every eight hours, as required. For night time and early morning relief(缓解疼痛)take two tablets at bedtime. Do not take more than six tablets in twenty-four hou